Following the Leader (Memorial to the Children Killed in the Blitz) is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 2016. Sculptural relief.
Following the Leader (Memorial to the Children Killed in the Blitz)
- WRENN ID
- sacred-tracery-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 2016
- Type
- Sculptural relief
- Address
- Following the Leader (Memorial to the Children Killed in the Blitz), Darley House, Vauxhall Gardens Estate, Laud Street, Vauxhall, London, SE11 5HW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 306 782
- Coordinates
- 51.48804, -0.12008
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Following the Leader (Memorial to the Children Killed in the Blitz) is a sculptural relief created in 1949 by Peter Laszlo Peri. It is made of red ochre coloured concrete laid over expanded metal mesh and measures 4.73 meters tall and 1.65 meters wide. The relief features a naturalistic depiction of six children linked by their hands, cascading down the wall. The group emerges from a narrow two-stage concrete plinth that stands out from the wall. Originally, the composition was framed by dark coloured pointing against the yellow stock brick to enhance its visibility, but this has since been replaced with standard mortar. The relief is mounted on the stair tower of Darley House, which is not listed.
Local climate
Following the Leader (Memorial to the Children Killed in the Blitz) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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